Grate attachment



(No Model.)

..I. 0. OGLETREE. GRATE ATTACHMENT.

Patented Jail. 9

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH U. OGLETREE, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

e RATE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,246, dated January 9, 1883. Application filed October 18, 1882. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. OGLETREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have. invented a new and useful Grate Attachment, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to attachments. to parlor and other open grates for heating or cooking purposes; and it consists in-an improved reversible top shelf, that can be turned over or from over the fire at pleasure without removing the whole device from the grate, and in a forwardly and rearwardly adjustable bottom shelf, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my attachment applied to a grate. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line no :0, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A A designate twosubstantially fl-shaped brackets, which hook over the top of the grate, and each provived with two shoulders, a a, at the top. These shoulders to a are arranged one on each side the transverse pivot-pinor rivet 13, by which the top shelf, 0, is hinged between brackets A A. 'This shelf 0, when down in position, rests 011 shoulders at a, and may be turned on its hinges, so as to be or er the fire,

. as shown in Fig. 1; or it may be turned completely over, so as to project out from the grate, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

In a socket, a, in the front arm, c of each of brackets A A, is secured a downwardly-extending right-angular rod, D, the lower horizontal section of which, d, passes through straps E E on the under side of a bottom plate, F, forming the lower shelf. This plate F has a finger-piece or handle, G, at its front end, by which it may be slid forward or backward on the sections 01 of rods D D.

The brackets A A and top shelf, 0, are preferably formed of malleable iron, while the rivet B, rods D D, and bottom plate, F, are preferabl y formed of wrought-iron.

The rods D D may be cast into sockets a a, as herein shown; or they may be secured and adjusted therein by set-screws.

The adjustment and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It can be readily put on or taken 011' the grate, and the adjustable shelves at the top and bottom may each having top shoulders in front and in rear of its center, of the reversible shelf hinged centrally to and between the two brackets,-and adapted to be thrown over and to rest on the shoulders at either side of the brackets, as set forth.

2. The hereindescribedattachmentto grates, comprising the brackets adapted to be hooked over the edge of the grate, the top reversible shelf pivoted or hinged thereto, and the bottom plate adj ustableforwardl yand rearwardly, as set forth.

3. The combination of the brackets adapted to be hooked over the edge of the grate, thedownwardly-extending right-angular rods secured thereto, and the plate, forming a shelf,

adapted to be slid backward and forward on said rods to and from the grate, as set forth. 4. The combination of the substantially flshaped brackets adapted to be hooked over the grate, the downwardly-extending right-angular rods secured in said brackets, and the bottom plate having the straps on the under side, forming bearings by which it slides on the lower sections of said rods, as set forth.

5. The combinationot' the substantially nshaped brackets having the top shoulders and carrying the.downwardly-extending right-angular rods, the top reversible shelf pivoted or hinged between said brackets, and the bottom adjustable shelf sliding on the lower section of said rods, as set forth.

In testimony that I-claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in p presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH OLECKLEY OGLETREE. Witnesses:

HoRAoE FOSTER, J r., E. F. MYNATT. 

